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Pete Petit has extensive experience as an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and CEO.
He is a healthcare executive with a history of developing companies from their emerging stages and leading them to maturity and significant stature in their respective markets.
Petit is heavily involved in philanthropic activities including the funding of a professorial chair for "Engineering in Medicine" and the endowment of the Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences at Georgia Institute of in Atlanta, Georgia.
He also funded the Parker H. Petit Science Center building at Georgia State University.
Petit is former Chairman and CEO of MiMedx Group, Inc. located in Marietta, Georgia, has been inducted into the Georgia State Business School Hall of Fame, and was recently inducted into the National Academy of Engineering.
Petit graduated from Georgia Tech where he received his B.S. degree in mechanical engineering and M.S. degree in engineering mechanics.
He received his M.B.A. degree in finance from Georgia State University.